
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
by Christina
Fiction — print. Borders Classics, 2008. Originally published 1814. 384 pgs. Purchased. At Mansfield Park, the estate owned by Sir Thomas Bertram, his four children grow to marrying age along with their poorer cousin Fanny Price. All have been brought up to observe social proprieties but not necessarily moral ones. When Sir Thomas leaves to see after some business interests, the deficiencies in his children’s upbringing reveal themselves and chaos ensues. Only Fanny stands firm and the girl once see […]
Categories: 2012 Reads, AP Literature, Classics, Europe, Fiction, United Kingdom • Tags: Jane Austen